Unmarried couples, law, and public policy [[electronic resource] /] / Cynthia Grant Bowman

• Autore: Bowman Cynthia Grant <1945->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.7301/6
• Soggetto topico: Unmarried couples - Legal status, laws, etc - United States; Unmarried couples - Social aspects - United States; Unmarried couples - Legal status, laws, etc
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cohabitation in the United States : the past -- Legal treatment of cohabitation in the United States today -- Cohabitation in the United States today -- Social science and cohabitation -- Treatment of cohabitation in other nations -- A new law for cohabitants in the United States.
• Sommario/riassunto: In Unmarried Couples, Law, and Public Policy, Cynthia Grant Bowman explores legal recognition of opposite-sex cohabiting couples in the United States. Unmarried cohabitation has increased at a phenomenal rate in the U.S. over the last few decades, but the law has not responded to the legal issues raised by this new family form. Although a majority of cohabiting unions dissolve within the first two years, many are longer in term and function like other families; a large number of children also reside in these households. If one partner dies, is injured, or leaves the family, the remaining family...
• Titolo autorizzato: Unmarried couples, law, and public policy
• ISBN: 1-283-13005-X; 9786613130051; 0-19-970714-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461600603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II